Antonyms of verb transitivize

1 sense of transitivize

Sense 1
transitivize, transitivise -- (make transitive; "adding `out' to many verbs transitivizes them")
       Antonym of detransitivize (Sense 1)
      => detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise -- (intransitivize; "removing the object will intransitivize the verbs")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb transitivize

1 sense of transitivize

Sense 1
transitivize, transitivise -- (make transitive; "adding `out' to many verbs transitivizes them")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")